I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If it had not been for the pernicious power of envy, men would not so have exalted vengeance above innocence and profit above justice... in these acts of revenge on others, men take it upon themselves to begin the process of repealing those general laws of humanity which are there to give a hope of salvation to all who are in distress.”
“If it had taught them nothing else, twenty years of living past high school had taught them self-preservation. ... No one was going to risk putting his ego on the line; they would come prepared with dates, flattering clothes, and a well-rehearsed, carefully edited biography. They would all be kind to each other. High school was enough torture for one lifetime.”
“If it had two legs and belt-loops, it was a pair of pants. Never mind the color.”
Source: The Stand
“If it hadn’t been seen, it hadn’t happened.”
Source: Green and Pleasant Land
“If it hadn't been for Grandma, we'd have had no ethnic tone at all.”
Source: Allegra Maud Goldman
“If it hadn't been for Jazz, there wouldn't be no rock and roll.”
“If it hadn't been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would have been sending people into space.”
“If it hadn't been for the rise of the working woman's wardrobe, I never would have found the time to sneak a kid in.”
“If it hadn't been for the videocassette, I may not have had a career at all.”
“If it hadn't been what it was, it would've been beautiful.”
“If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone.”
“If it happens every year like clockwork, what's so extraordinary about it?”
“If it happens that I score 50 goals, it'll be awesome. Any player in the league would like 50. But I don't keep thinking every day that I have to score in order to reach 50 goals .”
“If it happens that the human race doesn't make it, then the fact that we were here once will not be altered, that once upon a time we peopled this astonishing blue planet, and wondered intelligently at everything about it and the other things who lived here with us on it, and that we celebrated the beauty of it in music and art, architecture, literature, and dance, and that there were times when we approached something godlike in our abilities and aspirations. We emerged out of depthless mystery, and back into mystery we returned,and in the end the mystery is all there is.”
Source: The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Cent
“If it has a name or a description it has or will exist at some point in time”
Source: Return to Stantasyland
“If it has a shelf life longer than you, don't eat it.”
“If it has a use it isn't art.”
“If it has all happened that way, it is because Franklin D. Roosevelt is that way.”
“If it has anything to do with me, it has nothing to do with sacrifice.”
“If it has been revealed to man that the Almighty made him out of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, it is in vain to tell a Christian that man was originally a speck of albumen, and passed through the stages of monads and monkeys, before he attained his present intellectual preeminence. If it be a received truth that the Creator has repeatedly interposed in the government of the universe and displayed his immediate agency in miraculous interpositions, it is an insult to any reader to tell him that the being slumbers on his throne and rules under a "primal arrangement in his counsels," and "by a code of laws of unbending operation.”
“If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.”
“If it has horses and swords in it, it's a fantasy, unless it also has a rocketship in it, in which case it becomes science fiction. The only thing that'll turn a story with a rocketship in it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail.”
“If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.”
“If it has tires or testicles, it's going to give you problems.”
Source: Rusty Nail
“If it has tires or testicles, you're going to have trouble with it.”
“If it has to be done at all, it must be done with grace.”
Source: Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set: The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen
“If it has to be done, take the responsibility to do it.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“If it has to be put in a box, it's a country record. But it's hard to do that, because it is inspired and influenced by the history of music in two different people's backgrounds. I think the focal point for many is the harmonies, and I think that is what is special and unique about it.”
“If it has to be that wars and battles are begun for many reasons and quarrels, then they should also be avoided and shunned by better and more valid reasons.”
“If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas.”
“If it has to sell its mascot, your team sucks.”
“If it has your logo on it, it's an ad, not a gift.”
Source: Creating Superfans: How To Turn Your Customers Into Lifelong Advocates
“If it hasn’t come by now, it won’t.”
Source: In Limbo
“If it hasn't already done so, the church... must recognize that it lives in a pagan society; it must seek for values and norms not shared by society. In short, it will either recover the Christian doctrine of nonconformity or cease to have any authentic Christian voice.”
“If it helps me in the way that if this movie is successful, I get to make more films, great, and the more films that I make and the more interest that I'm allowed to cover, the better for me and the better, hopefully, for the people who like to watch me.”
“If it helps you, I would like to be a partner to you, Daedalus said. I know I am an imperfect substitute for whoever you have lost, but we are both alone and I think we could help each other. Sorrows can be shared as easily as games of Go. She reached for Emily’s hand and she got down on one knee. I would like to propose to you, leave the Fog Lands, come to Verdant Valley. Do you mean marriage? It doesn’t have to have a name Daedalus said it can have a name if you want it to have a name. What would it mean then? It means a very long game of Go played without stops. In the past, Emily had many reasons for not wishing to marry. Among them her belief that marriage was conventional and a trap for women. She had rejected 2 engagements in her previous life. But at this juncture she could see the facility of embarking on a different course.”
Source: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
“If it helps you to understand Kathleen a little better,” she said uncertainly, “perhaps I should explain something. Will you swear on your honor to keep it in confidence?"
“Of course,” Devon said readily. Having no honor, he never hesitated to promise something on it.”
Source: Cold-Hearted Rake
“If it hurt me to have to give up a painting I figured it had to hurt them to write the check. That's how I came up with the price for my work.”
“If it hurts, do it more frequently, and bring the pain forward.”
Source: Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases Through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation
“If it hurts...let it go”
“If it hurts me, it must hurt the other ones twice as much.”
“If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.”
“If it hurts, DON'T DO IT AGAIN.”
“If it hurts, it isn't love.”
“If it interests you, they don't have to pay you. It's a fascinating business anyway-it's very nice to be paid-but when you do thrilling material, it's like buying a piece of furniture that's really good.”
“If it is "daily bread," why do you take it once a year? . . . Take daily what is to profit you daily. Live in such a way that you may deserve to receive it daily. He who does not deserve to receive it daily, does not deserve to receive it once a year.”
“If it is a clichй to say athletics build character as well as muscle, then I subscribe to the clich.”
“If it is a cocktail party, I think bringing your partner, husband or wife is fine. To a certain extent, when someone throws a party, they expect to have people over. If it's a seated dinner, though, you should check beforehand. Asking to bring your partner is fair. Asking to bring eight friends from college is not. A good hostess will always accommodate extras and stragglers, but she'll never forget who brought them.”
“If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.”
Source: Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison
“If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.”